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Well why did you say that the first Europe cruise will be Mar 2022? 

4 hours ago, Cruise Wonderland said:

 

 

Early departure to Europe is the correct answer.

 

Her transatlantic will be on 12 Mar 2022, 16 nights Fort Lauderdale to Southampton.

The first Europe cruise in that season will be on 28 Mar 2022, 12 nights Southampton roundtrip.

Looking on the Princess website, I cannot see there is a cruise on Sky in March 22 form  Southampton, am I missing something?

I have this week bought 2 masks with sequins, ready for my next cruise.

We are disappointed with the cancelation of our August 2021 Vision cruise. We had moved from a B2B on Rhapsody to Vision because they had changed the home port from Venice to Ravenna. 

We then booked a JS for the 1st time, and would have received double points, under the latest promotion  which would have taken us to almost D+  Had we not moved from Rhapsody we would still have a booking, but we particularly wanted to return to Venice, so we are waiting eagerly for the 2022 itineraries to come out . We have decided not to re- book anything for 2021.

5 minutes ago, NancyIL said:

 

This is what the press release said about Vision:

 

Vision of the Seas¸ previously planned to sail from Barcelona, will sail from San Juan, Puerto Rico and offer 7-night Southern Caribbean itineraries to exotic destinations like Philipsburg, St. Maarten; Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Johns, Antigua; Castries, St. Lucia; and Bridgetown, Barbados.

 

It appears that RCI is cutting back on their Europe sailings and increasing the Caribbean ones.

Well if that is the case I will be really disappointed in RCI. I know it is now irrelevant now due to this years pandemic, but we originally booked to go on Indy this year until Royal decided not to send  her to Southampton and leave her in the US. There was no other ship sent, presumably because there wasn't one. If it happens again then it may be the end for us. We are hoping that by next year cruising will have resumed, but who knows. We have been loyal to Royal so far, but it might be the last straw.

There no sailings showing for September 2021 at all, which is strange. We are meant to be sailing on Vision from Barcelona on a 12 night cruise.  The release only mentions Adventure doing 4 and 5 night trips, I am hoping that they are still finalising the September itinerary to include what should be our cruise.

5 hours ago, antsp said:

If your cruise was cancelled only 2 weeks ago I cant think of a reason why you would need to ring Princess 

Well that surely is only for the OP to know, she said she had questions before making the decision.

3 hours ago, kathy49 said:

not sure but it was bad. "flying dutchman" strange to say the least but guess this experience has different impacts on different people and you are so glad to have survived it.

Was it not because they were on a Holland America vessel?

I just thought they meant unlucky 13.

We were booked to go on Rhapsody on a B2B 4th and 11 September 2021, because we wanted to spend time in Venice. We have been twice before on Brilliance and Vsion and over- nighted there.The change from Venice to Ravenna, defeated the object for us, as we wouldn't get to see Venice and we didn't fancy the long shuttle journey from the airport. 

We have moved our booking to Vision from Barcelona on 30 August, repeating the cruise we did in 2018 ,we are hoping that the don't decide to omit Venice.We were disappointed as we are taking our daughter on her first cruise and she was looking forward to the itineraries of both weeks. 

We too have thought that the water taxis and Vaparettos are what cause the most wake.

I rang  Princess this afternoon to get the package added to our September Canaries cruise. It was very easy once it had been confirmed that our cruise was on the list. I was pleased that it would be added to the balance rather than pay for it today, and we were able to keep the OBC ,free bottle of wine and speciality restaurant that were the promotions when we booked, and we booked with a low deposit and didn't have to pay any more. 

 What a shame Kiwichick 62, I thought we in the UK were at a disadvantage compared to the US but, to be penalised in NZ and Aus, is so unfair. I hope that when I try to book the add-on's for our 2020 cruise that I haven't been given the wrong information.

2 hours ago, kiwichick62 said:

My travel agent advised me that the special is for new bookings only so I am not eligible.  I would need to cancel and rebook to the new promotion and he said he "strongly advises me to pay for the beverage package? instead of cancelling and rebooking. Not happy as the saving on  the bev package would be NZ $1640.  We are 130 days out from our cruise and by my reckoning the only cancellation fee would be $200 from our agent.

 

Our concern is that we have non-refundable EZair flights and we don't know if we can carry the flights over to a new booking or not.  Does anyone have experience with this?

 

Edit to add - I looked at the Princess Terms and Conditions.  Based on our cruise duration and the number of days to go, we would lose our full deposit if we cancelled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Has the sale started for you in Aus? It starts for us here in UK on the 20th and it is possible for us to have the extras added on. We have a cruise booked for next September and to be sure that it is possible I rang Princess and was told that yes, we could add the extras on to an existing booking. Did you receive an e-mail about the sale from Princess?Just wondering if your TA has the full details, perhaps try ringing Princess.

We flew from Rome in September, our flight was a similar time, but to Europe. We arranged a private transfer with Bob's Limos for 9am, but we could have made it earlier, we were off the ship and waiting for the car, we didn't do self assist, it isn't necessary. 

2009 on Brilliance for our Silver Wedding Anniversary, 12 nights from Barcelona.

We loved the Champagne Bar, and Rusty the bar tender was brilliant.

We were on Vision in June from Barcelona. There had been a lot of confusion before we went. due to the Royal website, and we didn't know if there was one or not. Like you we were expecting it to be on the first sea day, but that was day 5 I think.There wasn't an invitation in the room, and for the first time, it was on the cruise compass, at 5pm on embarkation day. We didn't attend, I don't remember why. We sailed Celebrity last year, so not sure if this is the new normal for the M&M. Another difference this time was that the first formal night was day 2, after a port day, we only had 2 formal nights on a 12 night cruise, and we have had 3 before.

Shirley

Hello again.

Was the ship full when you went and did any of the passengers stay on board instead of going to see the sights?

Were there talks beforehand on board to tell you what you were about to see and expect?

What was the entertainment like in the evening and did you go to the Galabya party?

Thank you.

Thank you for your response.

We can't get Egyptian currency in the UK, so were wondering what currency is best to take $ or Euro

We aren't overly worried about the quisine, and we are aware we should use bottled water, and have a supply of insect repellent. were you aware of anyone coming down with a stomach upset?

It is the long cruise from Aswan to Cairo, which is 12 nights then 2 nights in Cairo in the Le Meridian Pyramids Hotel.

We are going on a Nile cruise in February on M/S Darakum, and was wondering if anyone had been on the same boat and could let us know what to expect.

WE are going on a Nile cruise in February, my husband sent off our Passports to get the visa. We were concerned that as we have to get a connecting flight from Cairo to Aswan we would be pushed for time. Do you need any innoculations for travel to Egypt?

This happened to us last week. After printing off the express pass we later received an e-mail showing we still had a balance. On looking back at our account it showed a balance not nil. It was the gratuities that we had already paid. I rang celebrity, and was told that this had been happening a lot, according to her she could see that we had paid in full and to give it a few days and it would right itself. The following day we received another e-mail with the new confirmation showing a nil balance.

I realised after I had posted this that the two things were not the same. The issue we had was after we had paid the balance. We have been able to complete the check in.

This happened to us last week. After printing off the express pass we later received an e-mail showing we still had a balance. On looking back at our account it showed a balance not nil. It was the gratuities that we had already paid. I rang celebrity, and was told that this had been happening a lot, according to her she could see that we had paid in full and to give it a few days and it would right itself. The following day we received another e-mail with the new confirmation showing a nil balance.

Isn't that already being done by some cruisers in the US?

Does "strm" not mean stateroom?